一個時代的終結:蘋果CEO喬布斯辭職

蘋果董事會8月25日宣布，蘋果CEO史蒂夫·喬布斯 (Steve Jobs) 辭職，董事會已任命前蘋果COO蒂姆·庫克 (Tim Cook) 接任蘋果CEO一職。一個時代結束了，這位二十一世紀頭十年最偉大的CEO，終于走到了職業生涯的末期。

On August 24th， 2011， Apple’s Board of Directors announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer， and the Board has named Tim Cook， previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer， as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board， effective immediately.

2011年8月24日，蘋果公司董事會宣布，擔任首席執行官的喬布斯辭職，董事會任命此前蘋果公司的首席運營官蒂姆庫克， 為公司的新任首席執行官。喬布斯已經當選為董事會主席，庫克將加入董事會，立即生效。

“Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company，” said Art Levinson， Chairman of Genentech， on behalf of Apple's Board.“Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success， and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board， Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights， creativity and inspiration.”

“史蒂夫的非凡遠見和領導力，保全了蘋果并引導其成為世界上最具創新和最有價值的技術公司，”基因泰克公司的主席，蘋果董事會的代表—藝術文森說，“史蒂夫為蘋果的成功作出了無數貢獻，他已經吸引和激發了蘋果員工的巨大創造性和世界一流的執行團隊。在他擔任董事會主席的新角色中，史蒂夫將繼續貢獻他獨特的見解，創意和靈感。”

“The Board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO，” added Levinson. “Tim’s 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance， and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does.”

“董事會完全有信心，Tim是我們下一任首席執行官的合適人選，”萊文森說，“蒂姆在蘋果的13年的出色表現，顯示了他非凡的天賦和對他所做一切事情的合理判斷。”

Jobs submitted his resignation to the Boardand strongly recommended that the Board implement its succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO.

喬布斯向董事會提出辭職，并強烈建議董事會執行其繼任計劃，任命蒂姆庫克為首席執行官。

As COO， Cook was previously responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations， including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain， sales activities， and service and support in all markets and countries. He also headed Apple’s Macintosh division and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships， ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace.

作為首席運營官，庫克曾負責公司的全球銷售和運營，包括蘋果供應鏈的銜接管理、銷售活動，和所有市場和國家的服務支持。他還領導蘋果Macintosh的分配，在戰略經銷商和供應商關系的持續發展中起到了關鍵作用，確保在要求越來越高的市場中反應靈活。

Apple designs Macs， the best personal computers in the world， along with OS X， iLife， iWork and professional software.Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store， and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computer devices.

蘋果設計的Macs，是世界上最好的個人電腦，除此以外還有OS X，iLife， iWork和專業軟件。通過iPods和iTunes在線商店，蘋果導致了數字音樂革命。蘋果已重新創造了革命性的iPhone手機和App Store，并在最近推出iPad 2，這是對未來移動媒體和計算設備的定義。